Arbetsgemenskapen Kyrklig Förnyelse (aKF), the Swedish Church Union, is the umbrella organisation for the Lutheran High Church

High Church Lutheranism

"High Church Lutheranism" is the name given in Europe for the 20th century Lutheran movement that emphasizes worship practices and doctrines that are similar to those found within both Roman Catholicism and the Anglo-Catholic wing of Anglicanism...

 movement in the Church of Sweden

Church of Sweden

The Church of Sweden is the largest Christian church in Sweden. The church professes the Lutheran faith and is a member of the Porvoo Communion. With 6,589,769 baptized members, it is the largest Lutheran church in the world, although combined, there are more Lutherans in the member churches of...

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The organisation's beginnings were originally inspired by the book "Kyrklig förnyelse

Kyrklig förnyelse

Kyrklig förnyelse is a manifesto of the Scandinavian Lutheran High Church movement, written by Swedish priest Gunnar Rosendal....

" by Father Gunnar Rosendal

Gunnar Rosendal

Gunnar Rosendal was a Swedish Lutheran priest, Doctor of Theology, and parish priest of Osby...

 and it already existed a long time before its official foundation on 28 April 1959. The annual assembly of aKF is in Uppsala

Uppsala

- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...

 in August. Theologically the aKF is orthodox and in opposition to Folk Church ideology and the general theological liberalism in the Church of Sweden

Church of Sweden

The Church of Sweden is the largest Christian church in Sweden. The church professes the Lutheran faith and is a member of the Porvoo Communion. With 6,589,769 baptized members, it is the largest Lutheran church in the world, although combined, there are more Lutherans in the member churches of...

. One well known member of this organisation was a Swedish-Canadian scholar Eric Segelberg

Eric Segelberg

Eric Segelberg was theologian and a priest of the Lutheran Church of Sweden....

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The aKF's sister organisations are the Church Union

The Church Union

The Church Union is an Anglo-Catholic advocacy group within the Church of England.The organisation was founded as the Church of England Protection Society on May 12, 1859 to challenge the authority of the English civil courts to determine questions of doctrine...

 in the Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

, Bønne- og arbeidsfellesskapet Kirkelig Fornyelse in Norway,
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kirchliche Erneuerung in der Evang.-Luth. Kirche in Bayern in Germany, and Kirkelig Fornyelse in Church of Denmark

Church of Denmark

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark, Church of Denmark or Danish National Church, is the state church and largest denomination in Denmark and Greenland...

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Chairmen of aKF

1. The Very Reverend Gustaf Adolf Danell (Dean of Växjö)
2. The Right Reverend Olof Herrlin
   Olof Herrlin
   Gunnar Olof Johan Herrlin, Bishop of Visby 1962 - 1980, born 1914 in Lund, Sweden , died 1992. Bishop Herrlin was one of the leaders of High Church movement in Church of Sweden.-Selected works:...
   
    (Bishop of Visby)
3. The Very Reverend Per-Olof Sjögren (Dean of Gothenburg)
4. The Right Reverend Bertil Gärtner
   Bertil Gärtner
   Bertil Edgar Gärtner was a Swedish Lutheran bishop of Gothenburg , and professor of New Testament's exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary, United States....
   
    (Bishop of Gothenburg)
5. The Reverend Bengt Holmberg (Professor in New Testament Exegesis, Lund)
6. The Very Reverend Ove Lundin (Dean of Visby)

External links

• arbetsgemenskapen Kyrklig Förnyelse
• Photographs from the aKF assembly in Uppsala, 2003: Friday and Saturday, and Sunday